Some days just leave me speechless - Angry - and more than a little pissed off.

This little treasure just takes my breath away. In order for 9/11 Responders to receive needed medical care and treatment, they have to be screened against the Department of Homeland Security Terrorism Watch List. It's the law.

Apparently, true patriot Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns, attached an amendment to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Law that was passed by Congress last May. This amendment bars any and all 9/11 Responders from treatment if they have not been cleared by DHS. Obviously rushing into burning and crumbling skyscrapers to save lives is a suspicious activity that indicates possible ties and sympathy to - terrorists.

Pardon my French, but -- are you fucking kidding me!

And Democrats let this piece of manure pass? The smell didn't bother them?

And where is that grand old "I want my country back-proud to be an American" Tea Party? Did they get lost at a "birther" convention in the Trump Towers?

Honest to God, I don't know what to say about this - this miserly, mean-spirited little Republican representative and his cohorts who seem to enjoy inflicting cruelty and pain on the men and women who risked life and limb to save lives on that horrible day and the days and weeks afterward. This is how we honor their heroism and sacrifice? Really?

This odious piece of excrement stinks to high heaven.

Where are the Democrats? Where is the so-called media? Rachel? Chris? FOX? Where are the rest of us?

Have we become a nation that smears the dead and the very people who risk their lives daily for us in order to save a few pennies or gain political points and increase campaign contributions?

Apparently.

I say get hold of your Congressperson and Senator and demand that this amendment, this insult to 9/11 Responders and their families, be repealed and dumped in the trashcan of false patriotic piety. Let everyone know about this travesty and tell them to put heat on the media to actually use their celebrity status to do some good for their country for a change. Spread the word on every blog you visit.

And then - send it to the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic parties, and especially the White House.

What good will it do?

It can't do any harm.

And it might help us feel like real Americans again.

Even if it's just for a little while.

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This is becoming the "norm" in this country. Our constitution is being redefined to enable our government to limit all our fundamental rights and liberties. We The People have failed, for it is us who have allowed our
Constitution to now serve corporate masters The "War on Terror" has diluted our Constitution to the point that torture is acceptable, habeas corpus means nothing, the right to enter into illegal wars and the freedom of speech has been limited to government interpretation. We sit by and watch as our brave men and women of our military sacrifice life and lim for the trillions in profit for the military–industrial complex.

If it's acceptable to have our first responders screened against the Department of Homeland Security Terrorism Watch List then I think it's only right to make law that all our politicians to take lie detector test annually. I think a few simply questions wouldn't be unreasonable to assure our politicians are upholding
our Constitution and not the interest of their own pockets or corporate America. Government employees are subject to drug test, why not a simple lie detector test for those who are sworn to uphold our greatest treasure, the United States Constitution! Reality check America, every single politician would fail the lie detector test. The screening of 9/11 responders on the government's Terrorist Watch List, is just as outrageous as telling us the " The air was safe to breath at Ground Zero." What has happened to this great nation! The next time your at the airport and their searching your 4 year old, just remember, it"s in the name of War on Terror. The problem is WHO HAS BECOME THE TERRORIST!

Yes, that's what worries me about this move. It seems to make little sense otherwise. If I were connected with government and wanted to make sure first responders never testified in court about what they saw and heard and felt on 9/11, this is probably the way I'd go.

I tried to link a news article, 9/11 First Responders Now Considered Possible Terrorists, to Facebook.
I was shocked to see the message in large letters, ACTIVIST POST. I clicked the button to save and received another message, "This message contains blocked content that has previously been flagged as abusive or spammy. Let us know if you think this is an error."

Now Facebook censors news articles. Now I'm probably on some "Activist List" for trying to link a news article to Facebook. "Don't worry, just get on the train, you are being relocated," sound familiar, history is repeating itself right before our eyes! Step into the showers, Please!
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